Sanemoto Date

Sanemoto Date (1527-1587) was a general of the Date clan.

Biography
Sanemoto was the third son of Tanemune Date, being the younger brother of Harumune Date and Yoshinori Date. In 1542 he was supposed to be adopted by the childless Sadazane Uesugi as a part of an alliance between the Date and Uesugi clans, but Sanemoto did not want this, and his older brother Harumune led a rebellion against their father. The Tenbun War of 1542-1548 ended with Harumune deposing his father and becoming daimyo, and Sanemoto was a valued retainer of his brother and his nephew Terumune Date.